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HENRY R. BURNER AND JAMES (J. ANDERSON, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

FRUIT-DRIER.

SPECIPILATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,480, dated April 20, 1886.

Application filed December 5, 1885. Serial No. 184,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that we, HENRY R. BURNER and J AMES 0. ANDERsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit- Driers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a horizontal section taken where the broken line is marked on Fig.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

This invention relates to improvements in driers for sliced fruit; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates a rectangular chamber serving as a boiler, in which the necessary steam is produced to effect the drying.

At the lower part of one end of the chamber A is an opening, a, through which to introduce the water near the bottom of the chamber, the said opening being provided with a spout and a suitably-constructed door, as shown, to close the chamber when raising steam.

a is an opening made in the central line of the roof of the chamber A,near the end opposite the opening a, and a is an upward-stand ing flange or guard surrounding the edges of said roof.

Surrounding the opening a is the pipe B, which rises from the roof to a suitable height, and surrounding the pipe B is a pipe, Bflikewise rising from the roof, but about three the flange a, and are of slightly greater height than the pipe B.

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chamber and surrounding the opening 0 at its upper end. The diameter of the pipe 0 is greater than that of the pipe B, but less than that of the pipe B, so that it can be inserted between the two with its lower end in the water-chamber b, as shown. \Vhen so inserted, the end of the chamber 0, to which it is affixed, rests upon the top of the pipe B, the opposite end being upheld by the standards I), so that the chamber inclines slightly downward toward the pipe B, as shown.

Rising from the roofofthe chamber 0, around the opening 0, is a pipe, D, similar to the pipe B, and D is a pipe similar to the pipe B, rising from the roof of the chamber, around the pipe D, and forming therewith the waterchamber d, similar to the chamber 1).

d d are standards, similar to the standards b, rising from the corners of the ends of the chamber 0, opposite to the pipes D D, and slightly higher than the latter, as shown.

Any number of stcamchambers may be superimposed upon the chamber 0 and upon each other, the said chambers being in all respects similar attachments, except that the highest chamber, instead of having pipes corresponding to the pipes D D, has asingle steam=discharge pipe, E, as shown. I

The operation of the drier is as follows: The boilerAis abouthalf filled with water through the opening a, and the door of said openingis closed. The sliced fruit is then laid upon the roofs of the boiler and steam-chambers, and thefloor of the ,boiler is heated by suitable means to produce steam therein. The steam first passes up through the pipe B into the pipe 0, and thcnceinto the steam-chamber 0. It then passes through the pipe D into the second steam-chamber, being led therein by the pipe similar to 0, depending from said chamber, and entering the water-space d. Upon reaching the highest chamber it escapes through the pipe E. In passing upward the steam rapidly and effectively dries the fruit upon the roofs of the chambers, and the water of condensation, the chambers being inclined slightly to each other, runs down along the Sides of the pipe 0, and similar pipes entering and filling the valvechambers or spaces and forming a steam -packing between the pipes D D B B and similar pipes, so as to o prevent all escape of steam from the joints of said pipes. \Vhen the waterspaces are full, the Water escapes to the boiler A through the the pipes B B and similar pipes.

It is preferable to partially fill the waterspaces before beginning the operation, as it would take some time to fill them all by the Water of condensation.

Ve are aware that it is a fruit-drier with a joint not new to provide adapted to receive 3 the water of condensation and form a steamtight connection between the boiler and dry ing-ehamber, such driers having their dryingchambers slightly inclined, and connect with each other alternately at opposite ends, and therefore do not claim such devices, broadly.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In afruit-drier, the combination of the boiler A, provided with the opening a in one end, the opening a in its roof, near the opposite end, the flange a, and the standards I), the pipes B B, rising from the roof around the opening a and forming the water-space b between them, the steam-chaniber 0, having the flange c, and provided on its roof, near one end, with a steaurdischarge pipe, substantially as described, and on its floor, near the op posit-e end, with an opening, 0, and the pipes C, depending from the floor of the chamber 0, surrounding the opening 0, and having its lower end adapted to enter the water-space b, substantially as deseri bed.

In testimony whereof We affix oursignatu res in presence of two witneses.

HENRY R. BURNER. JAMES C. ANDERSON. \Vitncsses:

EDSON B. DENNls, JOEL M. DENNIS. 

